Newton’s Second Law corrected the old belief that force is needed to maintain motion. This idea came from the philosopher:
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Question
Consider the situation shown in the following figure All the surfaces are frictionless and the string and the pulley are light. Find the magnitude of acceleration of the two blocks.
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Solution
Mass of each block is 1 kg, \[\sin \theta_1 = \frac{4}{5}\]
\[\sin \theta_2 = \frac{3}{5}\]
The free-body diagrams for both the boxes are shown below:
mgsinθ1 − T = ma ...(i)
T − mgsinθ2 = ma ...(ii)
Adding equations (i) and (ii),we get:
mg(sinθ1 − sinθ2) = 2ma
⇒ 2a = g (sinθ1 − sinθ2)
\[\Rightarrow a = \frac{g}{5} \times \frac{1}{2}\]
\[ = \frac{g}{10}\]
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